Medical system, medical imaging apparatus, and method of providing three-dimensional marker

A method of setting a 3D marker by a medical imaging apparatus, the method comprising:

• a) obtaining, by an image data obtaining unit, image data that corresponds to a 3-dimensional (3D) image of an object, the object comprising a target object;
• b) generating, by a processor, 3D data by using the image data;
• c) generating, by a processor, the 3D image by using the 3D data;
• d) receiving, by a user input unit, input information of the user;
• e) detecting, by a processor, 3D geometry information that corresponds to the 3D marker and that reflects a predetermined depth in the 3D data based on the input information;
• and
• f) setting, by a processor, the 3D marker on the 3D image based on the 3D geometry information that is detected,
• wherein the input information comprises first input information for setting a location corresponding to the 3D marker, and third input information for setting a reference value for detecting the 3D geometry information of the 3D marker in the 3D image in a depth direction, wherein the reference value is set for marking a boundary of the target object, and
• wherein the e) detecting, by a processor, 3D geometry information comprises setting the reference value that corresponds to the target object, based on the third input information.

A medical imaging apparatus comprising:

• a display unit configured to display a 3-dimensional (3D) ultrasound image generated by using 3D data;
• a user input unit configured to receive first input information for selecting a predetermined location of the 3D ultrasound image and third input information for setting a reference value for detecting the 3D geometry information of the 3D marker in the 3D image in a depth direction, wherein the reference value is set for marking a boundary of the target object;
• and
• a processor configured to detect 3D geometry information of a 3D marker, including depth information, that corresponds to the predetermined location in the 3D data based on the first input information, set the 3D marker on the 3D image based on the 3D geometry information that is detected,
• wherein the processor is further configured to set the reference value according to portions of an object that is marked by the 3D marker and the third input information.